This will be the largest settlement amount by any auto company anywhere in history.
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States members were invited to a confidential briefing about the settlement, but the amount was not revealed to the 20 politicians who attended.
And he concluded that if the two sides were not ready for a settlement, then no amount of American involvement could help them.
Additionally, although the 2003 settlement agreement indicates the amount of cash Tucson agreed to pay for the fill, it does not value the other benefits Boone received.
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Reasonable minds can differ in isolated cases whether the amount of the settlement is just.
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs' group, the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, said the settlement "does the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people".
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Officials have said this does not amount to a settlement freeze.
Each agreement is negotiated separately, but the firm generally gets the first several million of a settlement plus a percentage of any amount over that.
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More often than not, Davidson says, people are willing to pay the settlement out of court rather than enter a losing battle where the amount owed is likely to be three to five times more than the settlement offer.
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The debt relief company would (eventually) use those savings to make a lump sum settlement for far less than the total amount due.
Moreover, it would be fun to learn whether MSSB turned down a settlement offer from Swetish, and what that amount was.
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Just 20 of the 47 States members attended a confidential briefing on the settlement, after the Home Minister announced the amount would not be made public.
They represent 18% of all settlement building in this period, but the amount of land they have taken is a much higher proportion, says Peace Now.
The Plaintiffs' Steering Committee said, generally, there is no cap on the amount BP will pay to those who agree to the settlement.
This would, obviously, amount to a huge penalty and lessens its leverage in any settlement talks.
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Finally, the settlement dictated that if the judge refused to award fees to the lawyers, or cut the amount, the reduction stayed with the defendant instead of going to the class.
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The settlement resolves all claims by Mr. Picard against the Mets owners and their business partners, including any amount they would have paid under a prior court ruling that they must return "fictitious profits" withdrawn in the two years before Mr. Madoff's fraud collapsed.
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